The United boss has said that certain players have been feeling the effects of their international commitments, so just maybe this is the time to drop Mohamed Diame to the bench and take him out of the firing line?

Gouffran and Hayden didn’t play international football so hard to see anything but that they should start, whilst Isaac Hayden played in a 5-0 win for England Under 21s and says he’s had a chat with Rafa Benitez to refocus after being left out of the last two matches.

Both Christian Atsu and Matt Ritchie have been away playing for their countries but I fancy the Ghanaian winger to keep his place, with Matt Ritchie and Scotland having had a hard time of it.

The Clark & Lascelles partnership has looked decent in recent games and hard to see why change should be made, whilst Dummett has been steady enough and other options such as Lazaar and Gamez aren’t feasible at the minute.

Interesting debate at right-back but certainly at home I think we need Yedlin’s pace to give an extra attacking angle to the team.

My suggested Newcastle team v Brentford:

To create the image above, Sam Hepworth used the NUFC team selector.

You can do the same by following the simple instructions HERE and then there are a number of great options where you can then also share your team via Twitter (include @nufcthemag in your tweet and we will share some of them with our 20k followers) , or you can share the selector on Facebook with friends, family and the rest of the black and white world. Alternatively, simply downloading the team image to the device you are using

When using the NUFC team selector you simply click on what team formation (4-3-3, 4-4-2 etc) you want, then click each position on the pitch and choose from the Newcastle United squad.